Weekly MCU Spec: Armor Wars

One of the one greatest drivers of comedian guide hypothesis these days is the MCU. From main characters like Spider-Man all the way in which all the way down to D-listers like Frog Man, the MCU has basically modified the way in which individuals take a look at comedian books. The objective of this text sequence is to offer traders of all stripes with some well-reasoned hypothesis alternatives to allow them to be one step forward of a continually shifting market. So for this difficulty, let’s speak about Armor Wars!

There are plenty of completely different vital firsts for Jim Rhodes. His first occasions carrying the Iron Man armor or going by the codename “War Machine” instantly come to thoughts. Ultimately, nevertheless, I nonetheless imagine that the most secure funding for him (within the context of Armor Wars) is his first look within the pages of this guide.

Right now, only a few particulars have been launched about Armor Wars. We don’t know how a lot of the runtime will characteristic Rhodey in any specific armor. Consequently, I’m hesitant to advocate any books with a price particularly tied to that. So if we get rid of these books (for now), one of the best wager we are able to make is on the character’s first look.

Graded Analysis: With the odd exception of 8.0, the FMV for CGC copies of this guide is up during the last ten years in each single grade. In some instances its up over 100%. Hard to ask for extra from an funding.

Oh man, are these books nice investments for lots of causes. First, the plot. The Iron Patriot sequence is all about Rhodey utilizing Iron Man expertise to trace down Stark tech that has fallen into the fallacious palms. That is mainly an identical to the plot description Disney gave the movie.

Second, rarity. Per Comichron, retailers solely ordered 31,773 copies of difficulty #1, 18,495 copies of difficulty #2, and 14,840 copies of difficulty #3. That means there can solely be, on the ABSOLUTE most, 635 copies of the problem #1 1:50 incentive variant, 370 copies of the problem #2 1:50 incentive variant, and 297 copies of the problem #3 1:50 incentive variant. So, suffice it to say, these variants are uncommon.

Graded Analysis: This is the third huge motive to put money into these books. According to GoCollect, there are solely 6 copies of the problem #1 variant in your entire census. Meanwhile, there are not any graded copies for the problem #2 variant or the problem #3 variant, each of that are considerably extra uncommon than the #1 variant.

This is a good guide with strong short-term and long-term funding potential. In the quick time period, this guide comprises the primary look of Justin Hammer, the Iron Man 2 antagonist who has lengthy been rumored for an MCU return. Given Hammer’s blatant jealousy of Tony Stark and Stark Enterprises, it will not be troublesome to discover a technique to incorporate the character into Armor Wars (which is all about Stark tech getting within the fallacious palms).

In the long run, that is the primary guide within the “Demon In a Bottle” story, one of the crucial acclaimed Iron Man tales of all time. The story is an all-time traditional, which helps to make sure that curiosity within the guide will stay lengthy after any MCU hype goes away. This signifies that Iron Man Vol. 1 #120 is a really low-risk proposition. Even if traders fail to make a revenue because of the MCU, the guide’s inherent collectability provides traders a powerful alternate methodology to profitability.

Graded Analysis: Sales costs for this guide have been pretty persistently declining for all grades of 9.0 and above. Meanwhile, costs for grades beneath 9.0 have been extremely resilient. Now is a good time to purchase this guide, whereas costs are low and earlier than the hype practice for Armor Wars has really begun.